About Joseph Tolchanov
Lived 1891 – 1981 (aged 90). Joseph Tolchanov was a Russian actor, theatre director and drama teacher.
Iosif Tolchanov was a Soviet actor. He was named an Honored Artist of the USSR in 1962.
Biography Iosif was born on 11 May 1891 in Moscow. From 1911 to 1914 he studied at the University of Liège in Belgium, after which he entered the Mamonov Studio in Moscow. In 1918 he became a member of the Vakhtangov studio. In 1920 he began teaching, he worked in an Uzbek theater studio, in the Yakutsk GITIS studio, in the Shchukin Theater School.
Selected filmography 1924 — Aelita 1925 — The Tailor from Torzhok 1939 — Lenin in 1918 1953 — Attack from the Sea
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Who was Joseph Tolchanov?
Russian actor and theatre director (1891–1981)
When was Joseph Tolchanov born?
Joseph Tolchanov was born on 11 May 1891 in Moscow.
When did Joseph Tolchanov die?
Joseph Tolchanov died on 24 August 1981 in Moscow.
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Joseph Tolchanov was an actor, theatre director and drama teacher.
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Joseph Tolchanov was Russian.
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